Chapter 3

Question 1

The primary purpose of nursing theory is to:
A. Improve nursing practice.
B. Control health-care costs.
C. Justify nursing costs.
D. Establish nursing as a discipline.

Answer 1

A. Improve nursing practice.

Question 2

Nursing practice is essential for all of the following EXCEPT:
A. Developing nursing theory.
B. Testing nursing theory.
C. Refining nursing theory.
D. Discovering nursing theory.

Answer 2

D. Discovering nursing theory.

Question 3

Nurses working together as colleagues often realize that:
A. Their views of nursing are not compatible.
B. They share the same values and beliefs.
C. The study of nursing theory does not enhance their work.
D. None of the above.

Answer 3

B. They share the same values and beliefs.

Question 4

Responses to guiding questions about theory in practice can be found in the following resources:
A. Nursing literature.
B. Audiovisual sources.
C. Electronic sources.
D. All of the above.

Answer 4

D. All of the above.

Question 5

How we come to know the science of nursing and other disciplines that are used in nursing practice is described as:
A. Empirical knowing.
B. Personal knowing.
C. Emancipatory knowing.
D. Aesthetic knowing.

Answer 5

A. Empirical knowing.

Question 6

How we come to know the moral component affecting choices within the complexity of health care that guide day-to-day actions in nursing practice is described as:
A. Empirical knowing.
B. Personal knowing.
C. Ethical knowing.
D. Emancipatory knowing.

Answer 6

C. Ethical knowing.

Question 7

Striving to know the self and to actualize authentic relationships between the nurse and the one nursed is defined as:
A. Empirical knowing.
B. Personal knowing.
C. Ethical knowing.
D. Aesthetic knowing.

Answer 7

B. Personal knowing.

Question 8

Cultivating awareness about how social, political, and economic forces shape assumptions and opinions about knowledge and truth is defined as:
A. Personal knowing.
B. Ethical knowing.
C. Emancipatory knowing.
D. Aesthetic knowing.

Answer 8

C. Emancipatory knowing.

Question 9

When reflecting and choosing a nursing theory for practice, which factors are important? Select all that apply:
A. Choosing three basic criteria to guide evaluation of nursing theory.
B. Enduring values.
C. Critical reflection about whether the nursing theory works.
D. Cultivating awareness and appreciation.
E. Creating values and the nursing situation.

Answer 9

B. Enduring values
D. Cultivating awareness and appreciation.
E. Creating values and the nursing situation.

Question 10

Which of the following questions should be asked when selecting a guide for theory evaluation?
A. Is the theory a grounded theory?
B. Is the theory a grand or middle-range nursing theory?
C. Is personal knowing part of the theory?
D. Is reflective practice part of the nursing theory?

Answer 10

B. Is the theory a grand or middle-range nursing theory?

Question 11

Which of the following are used in the process of adoption and implementation of theory-guided practice within units or organizations? Select all that apply:
A. Knowing and reflecting on the nursing evaluation tool.
B. Creating a plan for evaluation.
C. Selecting the theory or model to be used in practice.
D. Launching the initiative.
E. Cultivating awareness and appreciation of the theory in practice.

Answer 11

B. Creating a plan for evaluation.
C. Selecting the theory or model to be used in practice.
D. Launching the initiative.

Question 12

One of the most urgent issues facing the discipline of nursing is the artificial separation of theory and practice.

Answer 12

ANS: T

Question 13

Theories of any professional discipline are useless if they do not have an impact on practice.

Answer 13

ANS: T

Question 14

Historically, nursing has always been distinctly separate from the medical model.

Answer 14

ANS: F